## 5c. Study Help

Concepts & terms to remember

Check your Literary History file whether you've taken notes on all these concepts/terms.

General historical background

- Anglo-Saxon
- Conversion to Christianity
- Danelaw
- Lindisfarne
- Norman Conquest
- Battle of Hastings
- Magna Carta
- feudalism
- Black Death
- The Wars of the Roses

Beowulf

- epic poem
- scops
- alliteration
- oral tradition
- Old English / Anglo-Saxon
- Migration Period

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

- chivalry
- romance
- Middle English
- end rhyme
- bob and wheel

Canterbury Tales

- Geoffrey Chaucer
- frame story
- fable
- romance
- allegory
- fabliau

Week 1 PPT: Introduction to medieval England and the Anglo-Saxons

Week 1 Video recording: Introduction to medieval England and the Anglo-Saxons

Week 2 PPT: Beowulf

Week 2 Video recording: Beowulf

Week 3 PPT: Viking Age and Norman Conquest

Week 3 Video recording: Viking Age and Norman Conquest